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lymph.

Pure water.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/lɪmf/[lɪmpf]
  1. Pure water.

    literary · obsolete · uncountable · usually
  2. Pure water. The sap of plants.

    archaic · literary · obsolete · uncountable · usually
  3. A colourless, watery, coagulable bodily fluid which bathes the tissues and is carried by the lymphatic system into the bloodstream; it resembles blood plasma in containing white blood cells and especially lymphocytes but normally few red blood cells and no platelets.

    uncountable · usually
  4. The discharge from a sore, inflammation etc.

    uncountable · usually
Where this word comes from

Borrowing from French lymphe and/or Latin lympha (“clear water”), from Ancient Greek νῠ́μφη (nŭ́mphē, “bride; spring water”). Doublet of nymph.

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